Author Archives: maddg

This is Donald Fishel‘s song, “Alleluia No.1”, which I covered in AOV fifteen years ago on this blog. I found this in depth analysis from an organist’s perspective, which lead me to this further article on the song. The main … Continue reading →

This is a vigorous take on Psalm 99 (100) by Lucien Deiss. I looked at it in AOV about fifteen years ago. It is an old WLP copyright and you can still buy the sheet music at GIA for $0.80. … Continue reading →

This is actually a song called “Christmas Bush For His Adorning”, but everything in this collection is on a first line basis. It’s another of the Five Australian Christmas songs set by William G. James with a text by John … Continue reading →

I find it interesting to see what John de Luca did with Folk Mass material. I suppose he must have looked at three chord wonders and realised they need something more for an organist to get stuck into. This is … Continue reading →

I blogged this many years ago from its appearance in AOV. It was written by William Kethe a refugee from Catholic persecution and contributor to the Geneva Bible. It is based on Psalm 99 (100) and set to OLD 100th, … Continue reading →

I’ve been away in Sydney this weekend to see Ron Sexsmith. This wonderful Canadian singer songwriter doesn’t come to Australia often and wasn’t coming to Tasmania so we made the trip to Sydney to see him. He is the gentlest … Continue reading →

I have looked at this text in Gather 3rd ed, where it was set to DIADEM, and OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book where it was set to CORONATION. NLPHB sets it to MILES LANE by Wiliam Shrubsole, which was it’s original … Continue reading →

I blogged this as “All Glory, Laud and Honor” while I was looking at the OCP Guitar book. This is another ancient text, this time from more than 1200 years ago from St Theodulph of Orleans and translated less than … Continue reading →

This is good excuse to have another crack at this hymn with a text attributed to St Francis of Assisi, translated by William Henry Draper, and set to LASST UNS ERFRUEN a C17 German tune arranged by Ralph Vaughn Williams. … Continue reading →

I’ve already done this as “My Loving Saviour, How Have I Offended You” from CWB I and the backing there is not terrible really. The tune is HERZLIEBSTER JESU by Johann Cruger, harmonised by Johann Sebastian Bach. The confronting text … Continue reading →